Colorado § 31-23-207 - Purposes in view.
Full text of Colorado Colorado Revised Statutes § 31-23-207 — Purposes in view., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 31-23-207. Purposes in view.
In the preparation of such plan, the commission shall make careful and comprehensive surveys and studies of present conditions and future growth of the municipality, with due regard to its relation to neighboring territory. The plan shall be made with the general purpose of guiding and accomplishing a coordinated, adjusted, and harmonious development of the municipality and its environs which will, in accordance with present and future needs, best promote health, safety, order, convenience, prosperity, and general welfare, as well as efficiency and economy in the process of development, including, among other things, adequate provision for traffic, the promotion of safety from fire, flood waters, and other dangers, adequate provision for light and air, distribution of population, affordable housing, the promotion of good civic design and arrangement, efficient expenditure of public funds, the promotion of energy conservation, and the adequate provision of public utilities and other public requirements.
Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1147, § 1, effective July 1. L. 79: Entire section amended, p. 1163, § 11, effective January 1, 1980. L. 97: Entire section amended, p. 414, § 3, effective April 24.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 31-23-107 as it existed prior to 1975.
ANNOTATION
Law reviews. For comment, "Regionalism or Parochialism: The Land Use Planner's Dilemma", see 48 U. Colo. L. Rev. 575 (1977). For note, "The Permissible Scope of Compulsory Requirements for Land Development in Colorado", see 54 U. Colo. L. Rev. 447 (1983).
Sections 31-23-206 through 31-23-208 do not apply to rezoning or to a zoning change to a particular area. Coates v. City of Cripple Creek, 865 P.2d 924 (Colo. App. 1993).
Applied in Margolis v. District Court, 638 P.2d 297 (Colo. 1981).
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Section 31-23-207 ("Purposes in view.") is part of the Colorado Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Colorado. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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